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Former US State Secretary Haig dies at 85
WASHINGTON, Feb 20, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Former US Secretary of State
Alexander Haig died on Saturday in hospital at 85.
According to Haig's family, the Republican veteran politician
passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, from
complications associated with an infection.
He was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 28 and has remaining in
critical condition since then, said the hospital.
Haig, who was born in December, 1924, is a retired Army
four-star general and served as the State Secretary under
President Ronald Reagan form Jan. 22, 1981 to July 5, 1982. He
also has served as a top adviser to former presidents Richard
Nixon and Gerald Ford.
In 1988, Haig ran for the Republican Party nomination for
president against George H.W. Bush, but did not succeed.
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